FISHERIES SECTION ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 1993 July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1993 Wildlife Resources Division Department of Natural Resources Social Circle, Georgia Table of Contents SUBJECT PAGE Overview of Fisheries Section Activities 1 Map of Fisheries Section region boundaries 2 A. Facts about fishing in Georgia, fisheries related revenues 4 earned and Fisheries Section expenditures B. Private waters management 8 c. Public waters management 11 D. Trout production 16 E. Warmwater hatchery production 21 F. Public fishing area operation 26 G. Research and survey 29 H. Maintenance and construction 32 Fisheries Section Activities Fishing is the most popular wildlife related activity in Georgia, enjoyed by every age group. Over 1.2 million resident fishermen use the State's diverse freshwater fishery resources which offer over 4,000 miles of trout streams, 12,000 miles of warmwater streams wider than ten feet and half a million acres of impoundments. Anglers spend approximately $1 billion yearly on fishing in Georgia, a major contribution to the State's economy. The ongoing programs of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Fisheries Section during fiscal year 1993 (FY 1993) included the management of public waters; development and management of public fishing areas; technical guidance in private waters; development and maintenance of boating access facilities; production and stocking of trout and warmwater fish; production of aquatic education materials and services; and research and survey projects designed to benefit these resources. Detailed information on the Section's activities and program costs is listed in the tables in Appendices A-H. The statewide fisheries program is administered from a headquarters office in Social Circle, seven regional offices and eleven district offices (Figure 1). Public fishing area development continued in FY1993. Several lakes and the entrance road to the Paradise Public Fishing Area (PFA) were renovated. In addition, two boat ramps, two piers, two bridges, a fishing pier, a boat dock and walkways were constructed on this PFA. "The Pleasures of Fishing" (14 minute film & video), "First Time Fishing" (15 minute video) and Freshwater Wetlands (poster) were produced during FY1993. "The Pleasures of Fishing" has received four awards from outdoor travel, educational and wildlife film festivals. "First Time Fishing" was filmed and edited, but will be distributed in early FY1994. The video's intent is to educate beginners, both children and adults, about the basics of fishing in an entertaining manner using "kids teaching kids". The Freshwater Wetlands poster was developed based on school teachers' recommendations. It depicts a hardwood stream bottom, which is not readily recognized as a wetland by most of the public and is being impacted by development, agriculture, and forestry across the state. Approximately 10,000 posters have been distributed to educators. Kids Fishing Events (KFE) continued to catch on in Georgia as evidenced by the increase in the number of events held and the number of children participating. During FY1993, 123 KFE's were held with over 12,401 children fishing. This is a 34% increase over the number of events held in FY1992. Approximately 31% of the children were beginners and approximately 83% caught at least one fish. Events were held in 63 counties across the state. The Wildlife Resources Division co-sponsored more than 90% of these events by providing trout, channel catfish, materials, and/or staff involvement. The Fisheries Section had another highly successful season of producing and stocking striped bass and white bass x striped bass hybrids (hybrids) in 1993. All goals were met or exceeded. Over 1.5 million striped bass fingerlings were stocked in eight reservoirs and two rivers, and over 3. 7 million hybrids were stocked in 16 reservoirs. In addition, 48, 147 Phase II (8-11 inches) striped bass were raised at the Bo Ginn National Fish Hatchery from fingerlings provided by Georgia, and stocked into the Savannah River as part of a project to restore striped bass in that river system. The Fisheries Section also continued to provide public service in other areas. Over 3.7 million fish produced at the Section's seven warmwater hatcheries were stocked into more than 1,900 ponds. Sampling continued on Georgia's major reservoirs and streams to detect potential problems and monitor fish populations. Four new boat ramps were built (in addition to the two mentioned on Paradise PFA) to provide more public access. Over 900,000 catchable size trout were produced and stocked by Georgia hatcheries into trout waters, in addition to over 360,000 trout stocked by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Research projects to identify management needs, assess fish populations, and evaluate ongoing programs were also continued. 3 Appendix A: Tables showing important facts about fishing in Georgia, information on revenue earned, and expenditures for FY1993. 4 Table A-1. Important facts about freshwater fishing and fishermen in Georgia. Item Number Total resident Georgia anglers over 16 years old. Total annual fishing trips by Georgia fishermen. Total days spent fishing each year. Average days spent fishing each year. Average one-way distance traveled on each fishing trip. Total annual expenditure by all resident and non-resident fishermen in Georgia (16 years old and older). Economic impact of sport fishing on Georgia's economy. Estimated number of jobs generated. Estimated sales tax generated from sale of sport fishing related items. 906,400a 14,218,200a 15,923,9ooa 16.2a days 21.0a miles $948.6b million $1.4b billion 27.7b thousand $35.7b million a 1991 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in August 1993. This is the most accurate data currently available. b The Economic Impact of Sport Fishing in the State of Georgia published by the Sport Fishing Institute in 1989. The calculations are based on data from the "1985 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. 5 Revenue (to the nearest dollar) generated by the Fisheries Section from license sales in license year 1992-93 (April 1I 1992 to March 31 I 1993). 8 License Sales License Year 1992-1993 (April 1, 1992 to March 31, 1993) Tyoe of License No. Sold Combination Hunting-Fishing 741970 Resident Fishing 5501375 Resident Trout 1031648 One-Day Fishing 16,732 Non-resident Season Fishing 9,588 Non-resident 7-day Fishing 39,281 Non-resident Season Trout .4....1 Total 7991046 Revenue 6521559b 4,624,556 4561386 48,704 224,409 2511576 55,221 61313,411 a In addition to license sales shown, the Wildlife Resources Division sold 64,094 resident Wildlife Management Area (WMA) stamps for $1,180,154 and 1,273 non-resident Wildlife Management Area stamps for $91,479. These WMA stamps are required to fish on any Public Fishing Area or hunt on any WMA. No effort is currently made to break out which portion of revenue is generated by which Wildlife Resources Division program. b This is only one half the revenue generated. The remaining funds are considered as being generated by hunters. 6 a Table A-3. Fisheries Section expenditures (thousands of dollars) and mandays by region and program in FY1993. PROGRAM -------------------------------COST-------------------------------- b Headquarters I TOTAL II Ill IV v VI VII TOTAL MANDAYS Private Waters Management 36.7 64.6 16.0 42.2 26.1 31.9 77.8 39.1 334.4 1,883 Public Waters Management 294.9 317.0 413.2 310.1 335.2 337.8 426.9 255.1 2,690.2 11,204 Aquatic Plant Control 0.4 112.6 113.0 475 Trout Production!Stocking 83.5 87.8 590.7 762.0 3,715 Warmwater Hatcheries 125.2 37.1 21.8 208.6 4.0 328.1 144.7 273.1 1'142.6 5,704 -.J Aquatic Education Public Fishing Areas 105.9 65.5 85.0 52.4 49.7 43.3 302.1 105.9 598.0 231 3,770 Research!Surveys 62.9 38.5 40.0 254.3 68.1 50.3 43.5 16.0 573.6 3,711 Facility Maintenance and New Construction 811.8 1.9 40.2 264.8 4.0 1,122.7 985 Total 1,586.8 630.0 1,083.6 907.8 860.5 791.4 999.0 583.3 7,442.4 31,679 a These figures may differ somewhat from the final6193 Fiscal Accounting and Control System (FACS) printout since errors in the FACS printout were corrected in this project. b Expenses of the headquarters office, with the exception of capital outlay expenses, were prorated as administrative costs to all programs. Mandays for the headquarters office were also prorated based on regional effort. Appendix B: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Private Waters Management Program in FY1993. 8 Table B-1. Number of field investigations on private waters in each district in FY1993. Region District Balance Aquatic Plant Control Fish Prestocking General Kill Checks Management County Total Calhoun II Gainesville Ill Walton Ill Thomson IV Macon IV Manchester \0 v Albany v Cordele VI Waycross VI Metter VII Richmond Hill Statewide Totals %of Totals 44 20 79 132 39 99 41 34 17 43 40 588 52% 33 7 12 23 4 3 17 1 12 49 4 165 14% 7 1 7 29 3 4 4 1 23 33 13 125 11% 95 1 6 5 17 24 1 4 153 13% 7 11 15 13 11 2 7 39 5 110 10% 179 36 115 204 46 136 73 38 83 165 66 1,141 %of Total 16% 3% 10% 18o/o 4% 12% 6% 3% 7% 15% 6% 100% Table B-2. Total number and acres of private ponds stocked with fingerling largemouth bass, bream and channel catfish in FY1993. These fish are provided to pond owners to establish fishable populations in newly constructed or renovated ponds. Region District Bass-bream ponds stocked Percent stocked at fertilized rate Number Acres Number Acres Number and species stocked Bluegill Redear Largemouth Channel sunfish bass catfish Catfish only ponds stocked Number Acres Calhoun 59 150 II Gainesville 38 111 Ill Walton Thomson 106 418 146 642 ..... 0 IV Macon Manchester 67 289 76 384 v Albany Cordele 133 733 46 214 VI Waycross Metter 183 1,254 292 1,387 VII Richmond Hill 67 203 Statewide Totals 1,213 5,786 59,470 14,865 7,510 5,970 44,620 11,180 5,838 17,231 3 2 163,023 40,756 21,318 34,075 2 1 252,030 62,958 28,125 72,312 7 4 120,572 30,143 14,628 19,433 14 12 171,008 42,302 18,926 30,443 4 2 308,740 75,187 39,585 64,669 7 5 84,208 21,052 10,474 32,998 2 1 500,654 124,126 55,063 115,913 0 0 536,150 134,650 65,531 110,591 18 15 105,160 11,290 5,530 16,545 4 2 2,345,635 568,509 272,528 520,180 34 30 33 30 32 108 130 249 19 69 36 110 92 277 51 394 139 378 121 344 33 112 720 2,101 Appendix C: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Waters Management Program in FY1993. 11 Table C-1. Treatments applied to control aquatic plants statewide in FY1993. -- r ---- -- - - - . - ---- - -- ---- Acres lo. of Cost of --- - .. - .. -- .. - .. - - -- .. - Resenooi rs lftl Lakes sloppy floyd Chattooga PithS!ebora Diquat, 6.3 gals/acre 1.0 SPUpper Cutrine Plus, 1.8 gals/acre 1 $200.00 Treatment successful. Blackshear Crisp/ S1..111ter Lyngbya Cutrine Plus, 60 lbs/acre 110 5 $36,416 Control Surface mats; good Blackshear crisp/ Worth Char a Cutrine Plus, 3.7 gals/acre 30 1 $2,009 lq:)rove access; good Blackshear Crisp/ Worth/ Dooley All igatorweed, Giant cutgrass Rodeo, 0.8 gal/acre, Nalcotrol II, 0.2 gal/acre 16 2 $1,196 Stop invasion, iq:)rove access; good Blackshear Crisp Horned pondweed, Aquathol, 160 lbs/acre 6 1 $1,449 lq:)rove access; good water thread 1-' Worth 1\) Dougherty Lyngbya Cutrine Plus, 4 gals/acre 2.5 Diquat 2 gals/acre 2 $1,833 Control surface mats; good Worth Dougherty Giant cutgrass, Rodeo, 0.8 gal/acre 15 water hyacinth Nalcotrol II, 0.2 and alligatorweed gal/acre & Driftgon, 0.2 gal/acre 2 $1,953 Stop invasion, iq:)rove access; good Jackson Butts/ Newton Alligatorweed, Rodeo, 0.8 gal/acre 25 Giant cutgrass Nalcotrol II, 0.2 gal/acre & Driftgon, 0.2 gal/acre 3 $2,915 Stop invasion, iq:)rove access; good Jackson Butts/ Newton Lyngbya Cutrine Plus, 60 lbs/acre 5 1 S6n Control surface mats; good Juliette Monroe Eurasian Aquakleen (2,4-D), 200 21 Watermi lfoil lbs/acre 5 $13,788 Stop spread within lake and down- stream; good with MiniMUm impact to non-target plants Little Wheeler/ Variable-leaf Aquakleen (2,4D), 200 5 1 $1,570 I~~~Prove access; good Ocmulgee State Telfair mil foil lbs/acre Park -- Table C-1 Continued. --- -~ ----~ ---- ~ -- -- - --- ------- ~ --- ----- Acres -- ----- llo. of -- -- -- ----- Cost of - ---------- -. ------ - -- - -- Reserwi rs and Lakes Seminole State Seminole Parle: Variable-leaf mil foil, lilies, and Bacopa Diquat, 2 gals/acre 4 2 $11195 I~rove access; good Seminole State Seminole Variable-leaf Aqualc:leen (2,40), 200 2.5 Parle: mil fo H , l il ies, lbs/acre and Bacopa 1 $1,248 I~rove access; fair Evans COU'Ity PFA Evans (Pond 1) Hydri lla Komeen, 12 gals/acre 4 1 $790 Significantly reduce within pond to minimize downstre spread Wti le reducing user conflict in pond; good Evans County PFA Evans (Pond 2) Hydril La Sonar CAS), 1.2 qt/acre 10 1 $3,371 Same as above; fair .... w Evans County PFA Evans (Pond 2) Hydrf lla Sonar (SRP), 30 lbs/acre 20 1 $8,481 Same as above; fair Evans COU'Ity PFA Evans (Pond 3) Hydrilla Sonar (AS), 1.6 qts/acre 30 1 $12,947 Same as above; fair Flat lander Parle: Lalc:e Lanier All igatorweed Rodeo, 0.8 gal/ac 0.05 1 $295 I~rove access, beautify pOOd: Good results Gra~_Total 307.1 32 '----- ~~2 1328 Table C-2. Fish kills Investigated by the Fisheries Section in FY1993. Type of Fish Kill Number of Incidents Fish Killed Number Value Fines collected by DNRa Municipal Pollution 1 35 $6 Industrial Pollution Agricultural Pollution 4 480 $155 ,b 873 $360 Entrainment/Impingement 1 1,143 $1,492 Disease/Naturale 12 4,557 NA Chlorine/Swimming pools 2 2,366 $710 .... Undetermined oil> Total 7 1,157 $1,261 28 10,611 $3,984 $1,000 $5,000 $637 $6,637 a Fines collected as of June 30, 1993 by the Environmental Protection Division for the FY1993 fish kills. b This fish kill was mistakenly also reported in the FY1992 annual report. c Estimates of the number of fish killed by disease or natural causes are not normally calculated using accepted fish kill counting guidelines, so these values are less accurate than those obtained during more exhaustive investigations. Table C-3. Environmental reviews and assessments commented on by the Fisheries Section in FY1993. Agency Numbe,a Georgia Department of Natural Resources Departmental Plans 1 Environmental Protection Division Permits and Variances 49 Environmental Protection Division Plans 4 Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites 1 Georgia Clearing House Reviews 1 Georgia, Alabama, Florida and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Joint studies on Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa and Apalachicola- 1 Chattahoochee-Flint Basins U.S. Government Agency Permits, Projects and Plans Army Corps of Engineers Permits 2 Army Corps of Engineers Plans and Projects 5 Tennessee Valley Authority Plans 1 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license Issues 11 Fish and Wildlife Service Plans 1 Forest Service Plans 1 Local Governments Douglas County 1 Private Company (Ecology and Environment, Inc) 1 Total 80 a Each project, plan or permit is counted only once, even though the Section may have provided comments on more than one occasion. Only those projects that the Section prepared comments on are included in these numbers. Numerous other documents were reviewed but not commented on. 15 Appendix D: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Trout Production Program in FY1993. 16 a Table D-1. Trout production (lbs), conversion ratios, and costs at state hatcheries in FY1993. Hatchery Buford Net Weight Gain Conversion ratio Species BROOK RAINBOW BROWN 1,144 2.56 89,686 1.55 n,607 1.28 Total 168,437 1.44 Burton Net Weight Gain Conversion ratio ..... " Summerville Net Weight Gain Conversion ratio 112,457 1.44 28,491 1.27 140,948 1.40 37,683 1.30 37,683 1.30 Total Net Weight Gain Conversion ratio 1,144 2.56 239,826 1.46 106,098 1.28 Cost per pound to stock trout from state hatcheries: Total production and distribution costs per pound: a Conversion ratios used in totals are weighted means. b Costs do not include administrative costs of the Atlanta staff. 347,068 1.41 b Cost Total $267,151 Per lb $1.59 $196,219 $1.39 $57,189 $1.52 $520,559 $1.50 $0.37 $1.87 Table D-2. Number and weight (lbs) of each species of trout stocked into Georgia's public waters from state and federal hatcheries during FY1993. Facility BROOK Number Weight RAINBOW Number Weight BROWN Number Weight TOTAL Number Weight STATE HATCHERIES Buford catchables fingerlings Burton catchables fingerlings Summerville catchables fingerlings ...... (X) FEDERAL HATCHERIES Chattahoochee catchables fingerlings Walhalla catchables fingerlings Others catchables fingerlings 300 639 273,713 126,867 105,140 45,216 379,153 172,722 55,800 4,649 184,700 4,821 240,500 9,470 361,664 1,200 130,903 68 88,493 27,913 30,300 800 450,157 29,113 161,203 868 118,877 43,485 7,697 30,500 2,563 2,362 126,574 30,500 46,048 2,362 359,263 110,119 359,263 110,119 5,000 75,000 1,000 208 5,000 75,000 1,000 208 TOTAL catchables fingerlings 300 639 1,113,517 411,374 206,330 79,079 1,320,147 491,092 57,000 4,717 318,113 8,191 375,113 12,908 Table D-3. Number and weight (lbs) of catchable trout by species and habitat type stocked from all hatcheries in FY1993. Facility BROOK Number Weight RAINBOW BROWN Number Weight Number Weight TOTAL Number Weight STREAMS BY COUNTY Bartow 11,225 4,120 875 287 12,100 4,407 Catoosa 2,306 836 194 72 2,500 908 Chattooga 4,906 1,790 194 72 5,100 1,862 Cherokee 2,441 831 2,441 831 Dade 1,500 519 1,500 519 Dawson 15 32 10,960 4,460 3,905 1,679 14,880 6,171 Fannin 83,081 24,935 1,250 250 84,331 25,185 Floyd 22,741 8,331 1,564 534 24,305 8,865 Gilmer 49,870 16,656 49,870 16,656 Gordon 3,425 1,158 3,425 1,158 Habersham 26,434 9,871 8,330 2,795 34,764 12,666 Haralson 16,631 6,086 1,454 538 18,085 6,624 Lumpkin 91,112 30,944 8,958 2,645 100,070 33,589 Murray 19,025 7,018 1,555 575 20,580 7,593 Paulding 6,548 2,391 292 96 6,840 2,487 Pickens 10 25 6,130 2,216 1,230 534 7,370 2,775 Polk 2,453 960 597 70 3,050 1,030 Rabun 25 53 114,006 42,172 9,506 3,569 123,537 45,794 Stephens 42,784 15,849 7,100 2,387 49,884 18,236 Towns 25 54 63,300 22,954 4,765 2,009 68,090 25,017 Union 10 21 82,021 25,120 3,770 1,527 85,801 26,668 Walker 18,668 6,982 972 319 19,640 7,301 White 65 138 88,371 32,311 15,815 5,136 104,251 37,585 --W-h-i-tf-ie-l-d-------T-o-ta-l--------- -----------1-5-0 ------- -----3-2-3 ------7--7--0--,--34--30--80 -----1-4-4 _2_6_8..!~~ ------- --7-2-,3-2-6- ------- __2_5..!Q~~ ---------400 ___8_4_2..!~!~ -----1-4-4 _2_9~Qr! TAILWATERS Blue Ridge 16,000 4,926 4,044 600 20,044 5,526 Hartwell 8,000 3,408 4,000 1,372 12,000 4,780 --L-a-n-ie-r--------T--o-ta-l--------- -----1-5-0 -----1-5-0 -----3-1-6 ----3-1-6- ------11--68-26--,,--55--00--55 _ _a_o..!~~! --8-9-,-1-5-5 _!_s..!r!Q __8_a..!r~~ _ _3_3..!~~~ --3-5-,-9-7-0 ---2-3-8-,-3-6-5 ---2-7-0-,-4-0-9 -1-1-5-,-1-3-5 _:1.?_5..!~~! RESERVOIRS Lanier ------- ----TR--ou--tsa--sl--e--ll-------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -__-_--!7-_5-5,-12-~5-~9 --2-7-,4-8-027,480 _ _s_o..!QQQ --5-0-,-0-0-0 _ _:!!..!~~! _ _:IL~~! __ _:1_?_5..!!~~ __ _:1.?_5..!!~~ -~..!~r! -~..!~r! SMALL LAKES Black Rock 5,547 1,724 5,547 1,724 Conasauga 4,518 1,588 4,518 1,588 Dockery 14,000 4,402 14,000 4,402 Nancy1own 14,700 4,850 14,700 4,850 Rock Creek 13,500 4,405 13,500 4,405 Unicoi Vogel 2,750 892 250 124 3,000 1,016 -W--i-n-fi-e-ld--S-c-o-tt--T--o-ta-l--------- ------- ------- ------------- --------82--16--,,--55--10--50 ---8-,-2-2-4 --2-6-,-0-8-5 ------- ----2-5-0- -----------1-2-4 --------- 26,500 ___ _a_:~..!r~~ __ _a..!gg~ _.?~..!gQ~ GRAND TOTAL 300 639 1,113,517 411,374 206,330 79,079 1,320,147 491,092 19 Table D-4. Number and weight (lbs) of fingerling trout by species and habitat type stocked from all hatcheries in FY1993. Facility BROOK Number Weight RAINBOW BROWN Number Weight Number Weight TOTAL Number Weight STREAMS BY COUNTY Bartow 3,000 306 3,000 306 Catoosa 1,000 68 1,000 68 Chattooga 3,500 199 3,500 199 Cherokee 3,500 150 3,500 150 Dade 500 34 500 34 Dawson 6,000 513 6,000 513 Fannin Floyd 7,000 635 7,000 635 Gilmer 1,000 68 1,000 68 Gordon 3,000 287 3,000 287 Habersham 1,000 63 8,450 269 9,450 332 Haralson Lumpkin 9,000 456 9,000 456 Murray Paulding 1,000 148 1,000 148 Pickens Polk 500 74 500 74 Rabun 108,810 1,825 108,810 1,825 Stephens 3,250 96 3,250 96 Towns 200 5 4,750 170 4,950 175 Union 4,000 232 4,000 232 Walker 6,500 393 6,500 393 White 13,353 632 13,353 632 ----TW--oh--tai--tfl--ie--l--d------------ ------------- ------------- ----------1--,--2--0--0 ------- ------6-8 ------- _:1_!3_8..!!!~ ------- ___6..!~~~ -----------1-8-9-,-3-1-3 ------- ___6..!~g~ TAILWATERS Blue Ridge Nottely 5,000 312 5,000 312 --T--L--oa--tna--iel--r---------------- ------- ------- ------------- -_-_-_-5-5.-.,-8!~-0Q-0Q ---4-,-6-4-9 ---4-,-6-4-9 -1-2-5-,-00-0- -1-3-0-,-0-0-0 ---1-,-3-2-4 ---1-,-6-3-6 ---1-8-0-,-8-0-0 ---1-8-5-,-8-0-0 __ _!)..!~!~ __ _s..!g~~ RESERVOIRS Lanier ----TR--ou--tsa--sl--e--ll-------------- ------- ------- ------------- ----------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------------- ----------------- ------- ------- SMALL LAKES Black Rock Conasauga Dockery Nancytown Rock Creek Unicoi Vogel -W--i-n-fi-e-ld--S-c-o-tt-- ------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------T--o-ta-l--------- ------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------- GRAND TOTAL 57,000 4,717 318,113 8,191 375,113 12,908 20 Appendix E: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Warmwater Hatchery Production Program in FY1993. 21 Table E-1. Total numbers and cost per fish of warmwater species produced at state hatcheries in FY1993. Species Acres Number Number Per Acre a Cost Per Fish($) Bluegill Fingerling Harvestable Redear sunfish Fingerling Harvestable Largemouth Bass Fingerling Harvestable Channel catfish Fry Fingerling Intermediate Harvestable Striped bass Fry Fingerling 27.17 0.29 5,072,841 1,100 7.97 0.29 1,708,205 375 14.45 0.60 914,850 42 6.30 10.27 22.45 6.67 3,015,000 1,324,160 369,428 50,579 b 8.61 5,501,000 1,700,751 186,707 3,793 214,329 1,293 63,311 70 478,571 128,935 16,456 7,583 b 197,532 0.031 0.660 0.037 1.347 0.124 0.000 0.022 0.087 0.466 1.184 0.011 0.031 Hybrid striped-white bass Fry Fingerling Hybrid white-striped bass Fry Fingerling b 0.60 1,050,000 c b 12,330,000 24.55 3,818,751 b c b 155,550 0.011 0.011 0.046 White Bass Fry Fingerling b 0.60 150,000 2,894 b 4,823 0.011 1.950 Shoal Bass Fingerling 3.50 152,284d 43,510e 0.347e Totals (all sizes) 134.32 37,162,260 175,940 0.035 a Cost of each production phase includes cost of previous phase. b Not applicable, these fry were hatched in jars and placed in aquaria. c Although 0.6 acres were stocked with hybrid striped-white bass fry, there was no survival and no fingerlings were produced. d Differences between the production totals in this table and the distribution totals in Table E-4 result from handling, holding, and transporting mortalities, the use of surplus fish as forage to maintain spawning stocks, and the stocking of fish produced on federal hatcheries. e Weighted means. Striped bass, white bass and hybrid fry are not included in these figures. 22 Table E-2. Number of each warmwater fish species produced at state hatcheries in FY1993. Species Summerville Walton McDuffie Cordele Steve Cocke Bowens Richmond Mill Hill Total Bluegill Fingerling Harvestable 731,572 1,087,888 1,100 983,656 1,191,920 1,on,8o5 5,072,841 1,100 Redear sunfish Fingerling Harvestable Largemouth Bass Fingerling Harvestable Channel catfish Fry Fingerling IV w Intermediate Harvestable Striped bass Fry Fingerling Hybrid striped-white bass Fry Hybrid white-striped bass Fry Fingerling White Bass Fry Fingerling Shoal Bass Fingerling Totals (all sizes) 216,875 442,435 375 121,766 550,000 3n,129 1,708,205 375 131,638 212,925 212,808 42 299,429 58,050 914,850 42 15,176 223,190 7,403 315,000 430,704 36,907 2,700,000 226,500 157,187 3,019 2n,596 159,887 3,250 166,170 37,178 3,015,000 1,324,160 369,428 50,579 1,511,197 5,501,000 5,501,000 189,554 1,700,751 1,050,000 1,050,000 314,818 12,330,000 12,330,000 600,046 630,562 1,093,866 1,179,459 3,818,751 150,000 2,894 150,000 2,894 73,766 78,518 152,284 15,176 1,625,496 4,038,531 3,760,518 2,468,085 3,135,215 22,119,239 37,162,260 Table E-3. Cost per fish (dollars) warmwater fish species produced at state hatcheries in FY1993. Species Summerville Walton McDuffie Cordele Steve Cocke Bowens Mill Richmond Hill Bluegill Fingerling Harvestable 0.025 0.016 0.660 0.039 0.039 0.033 Redear sunfish Fingerling Harvestable 0.039 0.020 1.347 0.106 0.039 0.030 Largemouth Bass Fingerling 0.124 0.068 0.060 0.174 0.308 Channel catfish Fry Fingerling """" Intermediate Harvestable Striped bass Fry Fingerling 1.039 0.106 2.547 0.028 0.079 0.821 0.022 0.129 0.526 2.141 0.053 0.282 1.315 0.020 0.086 0.771 0.011 0.124 Hybrid striped-white bass Fry a 0.011 Hybrid white-striped bass Fry Fingerling 0.028 0.087 0.042 0.044 0.011 0.033 White Bass Fry Fingerling 0.011 1.950 Shoal Bass Fingerling 0.473 0.228 a A cost of $3968 was expended to produce hybrid striped-white bass fingerlings but none were produced. Table E-4. Number of warmwater fish distributed from state hatcheries in FY1993. Totals include fish provided by federal hatcheries, surplus brood stock and fish available as by-products of other programs. Species Private Waters Reservoirs Rivers & Streams Publicly Owned Small Lakes Public Fishing Areas Kid's Fishing Events Other Fisheries Agencies a Total Bluegill fingerling harvestable Redear sunfish fingerling harvestable 2,345,635 568,509 80,607 286,736 39,900 5,520 1,380 227,740 2,865,631 500 500 690,396 200 200 Largemouth bass fingerling harvestable 272,528 33,072 962 26,472 83 263,631 595,703 1,045 Channel catfish fry IV U'l fingerling intermediate harvestable 520,180 42,111 113,825 2,500 24,690 327 127,526 206,929 18,060 37,322 325,000 38,295 10,524 325,000 739,428 347,479 55,382 Striped bass fry fingerling intermediate 1,315,176 700,020 20,978 17,930 2,515,000 246,970 2,515,000 2,280,096 20,978 White-striped bass hybrid fry fingerling 4,118,478 2,550,000 2,550,000 2,400 4,120,878 Shoal bass fingerling 152,184 152,184 Grass carp harvestable 428 428 Total 3,706,852 5,514,261 915,293 477,423 221,661 245,278 6,179,560 17,260,328 a Totals do not include fry produced and distributed to other state hatcheries for later production phases. Appendix F: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Fishing Area Operation Program in FY1993. 26 Table F-1. Public Fishing Areas cost data for FY1993. Region Area Ownership Number of Lakes Acreage Open to Fishing Total Operating Cost($) Arrowhead State 2 25.3 85,001 Ill McDuffie State 13 126.0 52,397 IV Baldwin Forest State 5 51.3 43,n9 IV Rum Creek GA Power 1 3,600.0 5,929 N -...1 v Williams State 1 Closed 1,590 v Big Lazer State 1 195.0 41,672 VI Paradise State 72 225.0 163,721 VI Evans County VI Dodge County VI Treutlen County State State Private 3 94.0 1 104.0 1 189.0 47,938 92,622 1,788 Total 4,609.6 536,437 Table F-2. Harvest and catch rate of fish caught from two public fishing areas In FY1993 for which information was available. Dodge McDuffie Species Catfish a Sunfish Largemouth bass Crappie Other Total Number 5,125 54,477 214 44 21 59,881 Avg. Wgt. (pounds) 1.33 0.25 1.73 0.32 0.24 0.35 Number 6,300 21,250 800 Avg. Wgt. (pounds) 0.66 0.20 1.50 2,650 0.51 31,000 0.36 Fish caught per trip Number 4.94 Weight (weighted means) 1.73 a Sunfish are primarily bluegill and redear sunfish. 2.30 0.82 28 Appendix G: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Research and Survey Program in FY1993. 29 Table G-1. Cost for research and survey studies in each region during FY1993. Region Study Title Cost($) Northwest Northeast East Central Development of a stream classification system for evaluating trout stocking in Georgia. The effect of sample size on the precision of creel estimates by a non-uniform probability access survey. Evaluation of walleye introductions into lakes Burton and Seed Creel census of the Richard B. Russell Dam tailwaters (Survey). 37,320 1,200 40,000 37,709 West Central Evaluation of hybrid bass stocking in Lake Oconee. 27,255 Dynamics of the largemouth bass fisheries in Strom Thurmond and Richard B. Russell lakes. 127,698 McDuffie Public Fishing Area creel census history and angler use characteristics. 34,865 Lethal temperature/duration of exposure model for sub-adult and adult brown trout - a literature review. 26,780 Effects of watershed use on stream fish communities. 55,168 Southwest South Central A fish population survey of the Oconee River below Sinclair Dam. An investigation into the dynamics of the largemouth bass fishery in Lake Walter F. George. Effects of water withdrawals on the Spring Creek fishery and associated aquatic resources. Population dynamics of American shad in the Altamaha River 12,936 32,368 17,972 43,470 Coastal Headquarters Total Reproduction of striped bass in the Ogeechee River. Administrative 16,015 62,876 573,632 30 Table G-2 Final reports and publications completed by the Fisheries Section in FY1993. Author 0. Weaver J. Durniak J. Biagi and C. Martin J. German and Z. Bunch A. Mauldin II and J. McCollum J. Germann, Z. Bunch and J. Durniak R. Goldstein and T. Anderson R. Rees Publication Evaluation of walleye introductions into Lake Nottely, Georgia. Trout stream easement program for private lands in Georgia. The effects of three stocking rates on growth, survival and angler success and harvest of brown trout on a 27 km section of the Chattahoochee River. McDuffie PFA creel census history and angler use characteristics. An evaluation of hybrid bass stocking in Lake Oconee. Evaluation of rainbow trout stockings on Richard B. Russell Reservoir, Georgia. Piscivory of juvenile largemouth bass in Lake Walter F. George. Evaluation of triploid grass carp to control filamentous algae in fish rearing ponds at Richmond Hill Fish Hatchery. 31 Appendix H: Table showing the Fisheries Section maintenance and construction projects in FY1993. 32 Table H-1. Facility maintenance and construction projects statewide during FY1993. Project Project Description Non-Capita.. Outlay Costs Cal!.!!!l Outla~ Costs Flsh...tes CMP& Total Mandays Facility Maintenance and Repair Emergency repairs to Boat Built a sign at Walton Headquarters, installed a drainage culvert at 66,661 24,480 199 Ramps, Hatcheries and PFA's Baldwin Forest PFA, repaired dams and installed siphon systems at Dove, Shepard, and Boar lakes at Marben Farms PFA, installed new gasoline tank and replaced water supply pipes in hatchery floor at Richmond Hill Hatchery, and built signs for areas statewide. Boat Ramp Repair and Statewide repair and maintenance of boat ramps. 73,070 338 Maintenance Bowens Mill Hatchery Renovation Renovation of Bowens Mill Fish Hatchery manager's office. 11,812 Sub- Total w w New Construction Jasper County Built boat ramp end parking lot at Merben Farms PFA 128,721 24,480 11,812 637 2,372 4,083 16 Statewide Boat Ramp Inspected potential boat ramp sites at various locations around 6,216 8,983 33 Inspection and locating Sites the atate and completed site plans for boat ramps in Wayne, for Suitable Boat Ramp Fulton, and Grady counties. Construction Evans County PFA Boat Ramp Constructed twin boat ramps at Evans Co. PFA. 948 1,633 6 Floyd County Boat Ramp Built boat ramp in Floyd County on Oostanaule River. 6,164 10,616 39 Greene County Boat Ramp Built boat ramp at Dyers Pasture on Oconee River. 3,161 6,444 20 Paradise PFA Renovation Projact inspection in the renovation of lakes and en entrance road 3,968 688,782 26 end in the construction of two boat ramps, two weirs, two bridges, a fishing pier, a boat dock end walkways at Paradise PFA. Boat Ramp Construction - These are the costs end mandays associated with boat ramp 39,229 66,873 242 General end Administration construction program that ere not directly applicable to a specific Program Costs project, but apply to the entire program. Table H-1 . Continued. Project Sub-Total Headquarters Administrative Costs Project Description This is the calculated prorated share of non-capital outlay expenses and mandays applied to management of capital outlay projects by the Atlanta Office. Non-Cephers Outlay Costs 61,048 123,062 Cel!itl Outla~ Coata Fisheries CMP& 786,414 0 Total Mendeya 380 68 Total Expenditures 312,831 809,894 11,812 986 8 Non-capital outlay expenditures of the Fisheries Section assigned to specific projects as well as the administrative costs of both the Fort Valley and Atlanta offices. b The capital outlay funding for these projects was provided through the Consolidated Maintenance Program (CMP) funded through the Wildlife Resources Division budget. Those funds are not included in the Section expenditures. -- w ""